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Jaan Capital is a fund to invest and acquire a small - medium sized services-based business. Jaan Capital looks to provide an exit opportunity for founders, while continuing to invest in the people and company they have built. Jaan Capital's sole purpose is to grow the business it acquires and invest in it's stakeholders.

Irving, Texas, Us

Member Engagement Officer of the Inaugural Austin-Waterloo Chapter.

Irving, Texas, Us

Bellevue, Washington, Us

Joined as part of the sale of SuperSalon to Zenoti to lead M&A and Partnerships for Zenoti while completing the migration of SuperSalon’s customers to the Zenoti platform.• Identified and capitalized on acquisition of OpenSalonPro that added significant ARR and ~5x of enterprise value (net of acquisition cost), showcasing a clear vision for sustainable growth and market leadership.• Developed the strategy to lead the rollout and migration of over 5,000 SuperSalon and OpenSalonPro locations onto Zenoti. Created user groups to identify product gaps to enable 3,000 migrations in 5 months with a 90+% satisfaction rate. Increased rate of migration by 10x lowering the migration cost by 50%.• Sourced, negotiated, and structured debt financing for acquisitions and working capital. • Developed and implemented investment policy for cash, generating a 15x increase in investment income.• Identified and sourced partnerships to integrate with Zenoti and a hardware provider to provide hardware for 2,000 locations in a 3-month rollout without any contribution of capital.

Basswood Capital is an entrepreneurial search fund seeking to acquire and actively manage a small to middle market services company.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Identified and acquired ProPoint Solutions (fka Rogers Software Development) via Basswood Capital. Led ProPoint to a successful exit and positive investor return through professionalization of the operations and increased sales.• Negotiated and completed the sale of SuperSalon to strategic competitor, Zenoti resulting in a positive return for investors.• Doubled ARR in 4 years while maintaining a minimum 20% EBITDA margin. Achieved the rule of 40 4 of 6 years. • Negotiated the acquisition of GuestVision customers as well as the migration• Invested and deployed numerous systems such as Netsuite, SalesForce, SharpenCX, ZenDesk, Jira, Confluence, among others to scale operational capacity to employees across 8 countries and 12 states, resulting in a 100% increase in productivity through the adoption of remote work technologies and processes.• Expanded partnerships and renegotiated existing partner agreements increasing unit contributions by 20% and reducing controllable churn to under 6%.• Navigated company through the COVID-19 crisis, implementing various customer retention strategies and communicating crisis response plans to minimized churn to <6% when 100% of customers had to cease operations • Successfully led remote workforce during pandemic shutdowns, maintaining 100% employee retention through transparent communication and support programs. • Refinanced debt multiple times to ensure an ability to capitalize on potential opportunities and ensure financial health, including during the pandemic.• Built headquarters in Minneapolis, MN for newly hired senior leadership team while maintaining a virtual workforce.

St Paul, Minnesota, Us

Served as a Board Member for the Minnesota State Chamber of Commerce. I supported the Chamber in it's advocacy for the business community to make Minnesota an attractive place to conduct business.

New York, Ny, Us

Duff & Phelps' investment banking segment provides advisory services in mergers and acquisitions, financings, transaction opinions and restructurings.• Performed financial analyses for both creditor and debtor side engagements in domestic and international special situations including public and private debt restructurings and 363 sale mandates.• Provide M&A services such as due diligence, client meetings, model development, CIM creation, data room management and management presentation for sell-side engagements.• Provide valuation/transaction opinions for Board of Directors and Executive Management team for employee stock options, solvency opinions and rights offerings.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

San Jose, Ca, Us

• Develop a financial, strategic, and implementation plan for the rollout of a $300 million business unit by identifying and analyzing key business drivers and presented findings to EVP level management• Analyzed and developed the strategic rollout of new voice products through market research and strategic analyses

• Detailed analyses through global market research for white papers regarding areas for voice communication growth• Developed market analysis and recommendations for British Telecom senior executives on existing wholesale telecommunications products strategic positioning and direction in addition to new product development and implementation

• Analyzed over 100 investment opportunities across numerous industries in varying stages of development, including angel investing, venture capital, late-stage funding, and operating going-concerns• Managed and determined the deployment and allocation of public securities investments, exceeding returns over the S&P 500 by 20%

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• Collaborated with C-level team and analyzed strategic and financial, internal and external alternatives for a $300 million Telecom client resulting in a sale of the company• Drafted testimony, rebuttal testimony, and issued detailed analyses in advocacy of the Client's spin-off to State Public Service Commissions and CFO, resulting in State Regulatory approval• Conducted and issued analyses of the pro-forma financial solvency and capital adequacy of client's proposed dividend, issued the valuation findings to the Board of Directors

• Supervised trade flow activity and to ensure delivery of assets as trade volume increased from 500 to 5,000 trades

Mba, Strategy, Finance, Entrepreneurship

Business Administration, Finance, Operations Management

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